How Often Should You Train?

This really depends on your program guildlines: aims, goals, and limits. Here are some weight lifting tips to remember.

• No more than 2-3 days a week
• At least 48-72 hrs between sessions
• May need 72 hrs if your training consist of heavy weight lifting
• A muscle group should not be targeted more than twice a week

What is Overtraining?

Simply stated, when a people pushes themselves to hard without proper rest and recovery. This can occur with any workout program.

How do I know if I’ve Overtrained?

Normally, if your experiencing some of the following symptoms:

• Lasting soreness and stiffness in muscles, joints, and tendons
• Loss in training interest
• Lack of progress
• Problems sleeping
• Headaches
• No energy
• Loss of appetite

Overtraining is self defeating! Your goals are to avoid injury, increase strength, lose body fat, etc

The Secret to your Success!

• Give yourself time off! Stay away from the Gym for several days, or how ever long it takes.
• Relax, spend sometime with family, or friends. Maybe even get outdoor!
• REST! Try to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night.
• Take a multivitamin (daily)
• Food intake should be high in protein and carbs, salads, fresh fruit and veggies.
• If you feel like your overtraining, STOP TRAINING!
• Lose the Pride! Don’t try to become someone your not.
• Patience, spread your workout throughout the course of the week.
• REMEMBER, always avoid injury! Take a few days off, instead an injury forcing you to take several months off.

What would you add?

What habits have helped you avoid over training and avoid injury? Do you have any ideas and tips to add to this post? Let us know what you think! Thanks!

What would you add?

I recently did a post on my ‘Ten Tips for Improving Fitness.‘ I want to know what you might add to this list? Maybe you have or had great results from a set of habits or tips developed for improving your fitness, and or to promote weight loss. Please share your set of tips, feedback and ideas.

Remember, don’t assume if something works for you, it will work for everyone else. People have different and specific needs.